Cheniere Energy CEO Sells Into Strength

Charif Souki sold 145,000 shares in December and January.

Cheniere Energy's shares approached a multiyear high, and a top insider celebrated by selling 145,000 shares to the tune of $2,658,784 in a series of transactions through December, and as recently as last week, as the stock price continued to climb.

On Dec. 3, President and Chief Executive Charif Souki sold 15,000 shares of Cheniere (ticker: LNG) for $252,000, an average of $16.80 each. Souki followed up on Dec. 28, selling an additional 100,000 shares of the energy explorer for $1,831,000, an average of $18.31 each....